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Senegal: Pompeo to Discuss Trade, Security on Senegal Visit
VOA, 14 February 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to visit three African countries, beginning in Senegal this weekend. The West African nation has remained secure during a time of… Read more »
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Africa: Pompeo Heads to Europe, Africa, Middle East
VOA, 12 February 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to the Munich Security Conference, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Oman, with security, economic ties and shared values likely… Read more »
U.S. Secretary Of State to Make First Visit to Sub-Saharan Africa
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is set to make his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa. He will travel to Dakar, Senegal from February 15 to 16; to Luanda in Angola on February 17; and to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia from February 17 to 19.
InFocus
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The Trump administration's 'Prosper Africa' has been slow to materialize since first unveiled 14 months again by then National Security Advisor John Bolton, writes Witney ... Read more »
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Africa: 2020 Posture Statement to Congress - Excerpts
Africom, 30 January 2020
Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, provided 2020 Posture Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Jan. 30, 2020. below are excerpts. Read more »
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Africa: Washington Uneasy About Intense Push By Russia and China into Continent
East African, 9 February 2020
A US army general has revealed intricate details of the global superpower's strategic and military focus in Africa, exposing Washington's growing unease with China and Russia's… Read more »
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Ethiopia: U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Ethiopia
Reporter, 8 February 2020
The United States Secretary of State, Micheal Pompeo, will pay a visit to Ethiopia from February 17 to 19, 2020, according to the US Department of State. Read more »
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Africa: Secretary Pompeo's Travel to Germany, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Oman
State Department, 5 February 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Germany, Senegal, Angola, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Oman from February 13-22, 2020. Read more »
InFocus
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Peacebuilding is always hard, and even more difficult when violent conflict is spreading. U.S, French and African policymakers are struggling to balance military responses to ... Read more »
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Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, has expressed hope that President Donald Trump's administration might be able to lift visa restrictions placed on Nigeria if the country Read more »
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![U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on the margins of the NATO Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2019. [State Department photo by Michael Gross/ Public Domain]](https://cdn08.allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00520771:654cb128f0c0c38793f685d8a28f54fa:arc180x120:w400:us1.jpg)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi met U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the African leader's first official state visit. On the agenda was corruption, ... Read more »
